iOS 7 Notifications + Pebble SDK 2.0 + Thanks!

When we first envisioned Pebble, our goal was to deliver a truly useful smartwatch you could easily customize with apps, watchfaces and notifications. Pebble is designed to be an open platform to enable creative, incredible app development and a way to easily receive notifications and information to your wrist.

Since we began shipping Pebble earlier this year, the Pebble community has responded with thousands of awesome apps, watchfaces and customizations. Today, we are excited to share two major software announcements that vastly improve the Pebble experience and platform.

iOS 7 Notifications

We are pleased to announce Pebble is now fully integrated with iOS 7 and works seamlessly with Notification Center. This means that any notifications you've enabled in Notification Center on your iOS 7 device will appear on your Pebble -- just like that. It's easier than ever to pick and choose which updates you want to see on your wrist. This includes notifications beyond calls, texts and emails, such as Calendar, Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Instagram, LinkedIn, Flickr, Dropbox, WhatsApp, Flipboard and more.

A new Pebble app for iOS will enable this functionality. Expect an update in the App Store early next week. We'll post an update as soon as it's out!

Introducing Pebble SDK 2.0

Today we're launching Pebble SDK 2.0 into beta, which makes it even easier for developers to build awesome Pebble apps. SDK 2.0 opens up an entire universe of new apps thanks to 4 new APIs:

PebbleKit Javascript

Accelerometer

Data Logging

Persistent Storage

These new APIs allow developers to make Pebble apps that interface directly with the web (real-time weather, transit info, location check-in), access to the accelerometer (health/fitness monitoring and gesture-based remote control), log data when disconnected from the phone (health/fitness tracking), and store info on the watch (high scores, time zones, preferences).

Find out more about SDK 2.0 on the Pebble developer blog. The updated SDK beta is available for download at developer.getpebble.com. Later this year, we will be pushing this update out as an over-the-air update to all Pebble users.

Partner apps

We're also proud to announce several new partnerships that illustrate the capabilities of Pebble SDK 2.0. These apps will be available for download later this year.

Thanks!

It was your shared excitement for Pebble that made it a reality and we remain grateful for your support as we start bringing wearable tech to a broader audience. The ranks of Pebblers are growing by the day, the app ecosystem is expanding and the Pebble community continues to amaze and delight with clever uses for Pebble.

Going forward, we'll also be sharing news and updates from our new blog at blog.getpebble.com. We hope you'll stay tuned in!

Can't wait for this iOS update! Very excited I will be able to get all types of notifications on my Pebble! Keep up the great work! I still get compliments on my Pebble!!! Absolutely love it as too my wife loves hers!!!

Hey Team Pebble - it sounds like you're saying that every single notification that appears on my phone will now buzz my wrist too - is that right?

If so - what I'd really like is the ability to choose what is sent to the Pebble separately from what shows up on my phone. I get a ton of notifications on my phone, and I only check it for those updates once in a while because they're not critically time-sensitive (it's my turn in Scrabble, new emails, Fitbit updates, etc). These would be way too intrusive and frequent on my wrist.

Will definitely hold off on updating to the latest iOS app if I can't separate the two.

I had all but given up on Pebble. This is what I believe most Pebble backers envisioned over 18 months ago. Support for Pebble in apps like yelp and 4square is encouraging and what Pebble needs for there to be any real interest in it beyond us KS backers and a hand full of techies. I'm encouraged and looking forward to the updated app.

At this point, even if Apple does release an iWatch (ha!), I could care less. This is a brilliant update. I love my Pebble, and it sounds like there will be many more reasons for me to do so soon. A huge congratulations to the Pebble team, and a shoutout to developers for making my wrist one of the most powerful pieces of technology I have. Bravo!

I just don't get it: pebble got UTF8 support, it only do not have enough memory to store all international fonts. So WHY??? Why pebble still got no option in it's controlling app to upload separate character sets on device? Is it That impossible to do, so you can sacrifice all the international audience?

So when are you integrating the new notification system that was introduced in Android 4.3? It's been available since July and no news. People are still having to rely on 3rd party apps to get notifications to their devices.

Is it to much to ask to get the announcement coordinated with the app actually being released shortly after? We wasn't expecting this announcement to take place so if it was next week when the app drops no one would have knew any better.

I'm excited that you guys are continuing to support and improve Pebble (especially on iOS). However, it's mentioned below and I'd just like to second that there are notifications I don't mind getting on my phone that I'd like to not receive on my watch. I would really love it if the Pebble app allowed you to manage which notifications are pushed to the watch. Also, I missed the announcement, but I'd be interesting in knowing what bugs are fixed. For instance, does the app now run properly in the background?